My mother had a car accident in her twenties and lost sight in one eye. She spent years relearning how to perceive distance, but eventually she went back to her normal life. She could drive perfectly, both in the city (and driving in Mexico City is not for amateurs) and on the road.
And yet, even with paper ballots and super expensive election processes, if they want to cheat, they will cheat.
Read a little on the last two presidential elections in Mexico. We have what possibly is, on paper, the safest most reliable voting system in the world. A national voter registry with identity cards for all citizens that include photo, signature and thumbprint, special paper ballots, special crayons to cross them, transparent urns to hold the ballots, special ink to mark the thumb of people who already voted, independent observers in most polling places counting the ballots, etc., etc.
Yet, fraud still happens. Rampant vote-buying, ballot boxes stolen, drug lords openly telling villagers who to vote for, killing dissenters. And of course, the mass media duopoly giving hideously lopsided coverage of the candidates.
So yeah, voter fraud in the USA might exist, but as something really minor and with little consequence in the actual results of the election.
Once 90 percent of people have decided that they don't need more than "consumption and facebooking", how long are the economies of scale that allow these laptops and desktops to cost under $1000 going to remain in effect?
As long as businesses need regular laptops and desktops for their employees, we don't need to worry about the economies of scale for them.
Actually, a lot of call center services compete on quality of service.
A client will drop you like a hot potato and switch to another call center if your quality of service is not good enough, and nowadays most good call center contractors have penalization clauses that fine them for every BBB complaint or even for every lost customer.
Sure, some clients will want to pay as little as possible, and they end up with the more seedy suppliers who, in turn, pay peanuts to their agents, resulting in high rotation and bored, mean or just plain stupid agents answering your calls. But by no means is every call center this kind of operation.
Whatever man, lots of those "american" call centers have main offices in the USA, with maybe 100 agents and 200 managers. The other 1500 phone agents and 100 managers are split into branch offices in India, Mexico and possibly Ireland. Since call-center jobs are highly seasonal, agents are trained to handle different products and switched from one line to the other constantly.
A lot of times you don't notice, because contrary to popular opinion, a well trained call center agent can fake an american accent pretty well. Of course, most call centers don't train their agents very well.
In my country, over 60,000 people have been killed by drug violence, most of it related to the USA's voracious appetite for illegal drugs and the laughably easy it is to buy military-grade firearms and smuggle them across the border.
Only a single male would say that. Just you forgot to switch the bypass mode off in the 10 seconds or so BEFORE your opinion is asked for. Your actual opinion of course won't matter, it never does, but you BETTER be reflect a complete and total comphression and capacity to recall in minute detail ALL information EVER given to you during your entire time AND any information she ever thought off which you should be able to get from her and everyone else she has known by mind reading IF you value your life.
Don't worry, that's a skill that all husbands develop after five or so years of marriage.
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Who wants to bet that even this thread becomes a Republican vs Democrat flame war too?
Geez slashdotter's get over the election, will ya?
Google+ Hangouts is the closest equivalent to Skype in Google-land.
My mother had a car accident in her twenties and lost sight in one eye. She spent years relearning how to perceive distance, but eventually she went back to her normal life. She could drive perfectly, both in the city (and driving in Mexico City is not for amateurs) and on the road.
You are deluding yourself if you believe the average US Citizen "stands up to defend their liberty".
And yet, even with paper ballots and super expensive election processes, if they want to cheat, they will cheat.
Read a little on the last two presidential elections in Mexico. We have what possibly is, on paper, the safest most reliable voting system in the world. A national voter registry with identity cards for all citizens that include photo, signature and thumbprint, special paper ballots, special crayons to cross them, transparent urns to hold the ballots, special ink to mark the thumb of people who already voted, independent observers in most polling places counting the ballots, etc., etc.
Yet, fraud still happens. Rampant vote-buying, ballot boxes stolen, drug lords openly telling villagers who to vote for, killing dissenters. And of course, the mass media duopoly giving hideously lopsided coverage of the candidates.
So yeah, voter fraud in the USA might exist, but as something really minor and with little consequence in the actual results of the election.
It is hand crafted, inch by inch. Not mass produced.
Like a Rolls-Royce?
It's funny how right wingers in the USA seem to think the United Nations is all-powerful.
Guys, the UN has no power whatsoever, it cannot dictate laws to member states, much less enforce them.
[golfclap] Well played.
Once 90 percent of people have decided that they don't need more than "consumption and facebooking", how long are the economies of scale that allow these laptops and desktops to cost under $1000 going to remain in effect?
As long as businesses need regular laptops and desktops for their employees, we don't need to worry about the economies of scale for them.
The Black Hole (save it's weird-ass ending) was a great film.
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It was clearly designed by the republicans, who are trying to pry the spotlight away from Obama and Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
Since nerds are commonly liberals, this is targeted towards a core democrat constituency.
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Grammar Nazis nazi'd grammar nazi'd grammar Nazis.
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(yeah, I had to invent the verb "to nazi" for this to work, but hey! It's a joke!)
Not sure if xenophobia is real,
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or just clever parody
Wait, wait, follow the Four Seasons Hotel and get Win2000. They still use it on the reservations desk.
You don't want to know what software airlines use for some systems... [shudder]
No, it's more like Coca-Cola recommending consumers not to drink from expired cans.
...and they won't sell you any more Coca-Cola Classic, insisting New Coke is better and you'll love the taste, once you get used to it.
You are quoting the first part of my comment, but seemed to missed the second part, which answers your question.
Actually, a lot of call center services compete on quality of service.
A client will drop you like a hot potato and switch to another call center if your quality of service is not good enough, and nowadays most good call center contractors have penalization clauses that fine them for every BBB complaint or even for every lost customer.
Sure, some clients will want to pay as little as possible, and they end up with the more seedy suppliers who, in turn, pay peanuts to their agents, resulting in high rotation and bored, mean or just plain stupid agents answering your calls. But by no means is every call center this kind of operation.
Whatever man, lots of those "american" call centers have main offices in the USA, with maybe 100 agents and 200 managers. The other 1500 phone agents and 100 managers are split into branch offices in India, Mexico and possibly Ireland. Since call-center jobs are highly seasonal, agents are trained to handle different products and switched from one line to the other constantly.
A lot of times you don't notice, because contrary to popular opinion, a well trained call center agent can fake an american accent pretty well. Of course, most call centers don't train their agents very well.
Other government will eventually do the same to Microsoft, following the logic that US always accuses its enemies of everything it does.
This has been cited when some goverments have evaluated switching to Linux.
Good honey is sometimes opaque-whitish. Only processed honey looks golden transparent all the time.
+1 Paranoid?
Fear of armed people is completely rational.
In my country, over 60,000 people have been killed by drug violence, most of it related to the USA's voracious appetite for illegal drugs and the laughably easy it is to buy military-grade firearms and smuggle them across the border.
So yeah, fuck guns and fuck drugs.
http://www.fpif.org/articles/arms_trafficking_at_the_us-mexico_border
PayPal es del Diablo.
Nope, last time I checked, tubes were still being made in Eastern Europe.
Only a single male would say that. Just you forgot to switch the bypass mode off in the 10 seconds or so BEFORE your opinion is asked for. Your actual opinion of course won't matter, it never does, but you BETTER be reflect a complete and total comphression and capacity to recall in minute detail ALL information EVER given to you during your entire time AND any information she ever thought off which you should be able to get from her and everyone else she has known by mind reading IF you value your life.
Don't worry, that's a skill that all husbands develop after five or so years of marriage.